Community Outreach Program

Working with our Neighbors for a Healthier Berkshires

Our Community Outreach programs are here for you, because our mission is to improve the health of every person in Berkshire County. We provide health screenings and education, wellness coaching and appropriate clinical and social service referrals. Additionally, BHS Community Outreach professionals can provide specific health topic presentations, and wellness classes. Please call to learn about having these services interpreted for non-English speakers.

Our team, in collaboration with other BHS departments and/or community partners, provides blood pressure screening, wellness education and health coaching at local organizations such as:

Food pantries

Community Meal sites

Homeless Shelters

Schools, from Elementary to College

Community agencies

Faith-based organizations

Community fairs and events

Public spaces such as libraries and the Intermodal Center

Elderly and subsidized housing sites

Retail establishments

Additional services we provide in collaboration with other BHS departments and our community partners:

Wellness screenings (Screening for high blood glucose or cholesterol)

Flu Vaccinations (Offered annually)

Nutrition education

Wellness coaching

Cancer education and mammogram scheduling

Stress management

Health & Wellness Classes: Small Steps to Health

Small Steps to Health wellness screening and classes build on what you know about health, and help you put that knowledge into small, do-able steps, which can create BIG changes in your health. Small Steps includes a Wellness Screening, which gives participants information about their blood glucose levels, cholesterol, and blood pressure.

Additionally, Small Steps is four interactive classes, each an hour-long, to help you change what you know about health into healthy behaviors.

Each Small Steps participant will create their own wellness vision, which will guide them as they explore how to eat better, move more, and find more joy in life. Where are you on your health journey? Would you like to create a plan, just for you, to improve your health and quality of life? If you are ready to take a small step, call to learn more about upcoming classes.

Be Well Berkshires

In partnership with the Tri-town Health Department and Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, Be Well Berkshires is a Mass in Motion Department of Public Health initiative to support healthy eating and active living. Through programs such as the Mayor’s Fitness Challenge, collaborations to create Walking Loops, or doubling SNAP, WIC, and Senior Coupons at the Downtown Farmers Market, BWB is helping people eat better and move more. In addition the program supports: